Air Brake Problems of Honda Element

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 10v098000 (services brakes, air). After the repairs, the malfunction indicator light and the check engine light began to illuminate on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the error codes were removed from the system. The dealer stated that the vehicle was not experiencing any other failures. The warning lights continued to illuminate. The contact felt that the recall repairs were responsible for the subsequent failures. The failure mileage was 58,000 and the current mileage was 58,380.

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The contact owns a 2008 Honda Element. The vehicle was serviced for the NHTSA recall campaign id number 10v098000. After the recall repair was performed, the contact stated that the brake pedal was soft and when they were applied, the pedal continued to extend to the floor. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 17,200 and the current mileage was 17,300.

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Premature failure of rear passenger disc brake at 22000 miles. Loud grinding noise noticed coming from rear passenger wheel. Brought to dealer immediately. Rear passenger rotor and both rear pads needed to be replaced, front brakes fine upon inspection. After arguing with the service department got the repair bill down from $505 to $65. Upon further research, I feel that the dealer just treated the symptom and not the cause of the problem and this is likely to occur again. Not sure if this is related to the recent braking recall for Honda Elements and oddysseys or not, but just wanted to make a record of my experience for those who may have had to cover the full cost of their repair.

Brakes were soft almost to the floor,my vehicle would not stop and ended up hitting another vehicle. Have contacted Honda and they are recalling my model of car but not mine for the same reason.

I am an owner of a 2008 Honda Element which recently came out with a media release from Honda that there was a problem with brake failure. One year ago I filed a complaint with you regarding brake failure on my Element. The dealer at that time found that I had very spongy brakes and air bubbles in the line but could not give me an answer of why this would happen and not guarantee that it could not happen again. I have worried constantly about this and so I still continued to feel the spongy brakes so I took it to a different dealer that checked out and said that is just the way Honda Element brakes are. So 2 months ago the brakes went completely to the floor again ( I have to pump them quickly several times and they finally grab) I called the dealer and they once again checked it and found nothing, well since this media release came out that there was going to be a recall on 410,000 Honda vehicles I immediately called the dealer service manager he was very apologetic and said that was exactly my vehicle, and agreed with me that it is not safe to drive until they get the parts to repair it; he had me call Honda an they treated me very very rudely they told me just to take it to the dealership, I told them I already had and that it is not safe to drive since I've already experienced this problem, they told me that they won't give me a rental car and just kept repeating to take it to the dealer. They said that I could not be certain that my vehicle had this malfunction. I'm very frustrated this car is not safe on the road and even the dealer agrees with me ,it is still under warranty but Honda basically just does not care and they treated me like I'm making a big deal about this. Please help!.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. While driving approximately 5 mph and depressing the brake pedal the contact noticed the vehicle would not stop. The contact stated extreme pressure had to be applied to the brake pedal in order for the vehicle to stop. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v098000 (service brakes, air) which the vehicle was included in and had repairs performed. Approximately two weeks after the repairs were performed failure continued. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technicians were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 500. Ds.

I bought the 2005 Honda Element in October 2006, as a new 4 wheel drive, standard transmission. After using it for a short period I noticed the brakes were like putty. They pressed nearly to the floor, and not too effective. The dealer fixed the brakes for free, they told me at the same time another customer had their Honda Element there for brake problems. After about 2 weeks, the brakes were like putty again. I drove it till the brakes squealed. ( I learned to drive with little use of brakes, shifting down and slowing down at stops and turns. ) I had my local mechanic fix the brakes the second time. Again the brakes worked about 2 weeks before they were like putty again. I was at the Honda dealer last month for 60000 mile transmission fluid change. They told me the brakes were bad. I told them I know they are bad, they are always bad.

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